Disclaimer: A majority of the following dialogue and events are from the movie Bardock: Father of Goku, and Bardock and the Saiyans still don't belong to me.

Bardock beheld the corpses of his fallen friends with a combination of anger, sorrow, and hatred for lord Frieza.

"You weren't low level!" he exclaimed, "You were better than most of their elites!" He staggered to his pod, "We'll meet again someday, sooner or later we'll meet again!"

As he shuttled back to Vegeta, hatred for Frieza fueling him, he passed another pod. As he did this he saw visions of his young son Kakarot, visions wherein he had become a righteous warrior. He thought he was going insane.

Moments later he touched down, exiting his pod, he ran into two guards, "Bardock? Hey are you alright?" asked one of them. "Yeah," he replied, "Please move, I have to go."

"Oh hey," Said the other, "you just missed you son." Bardock stopped moving. "Just now?" He asked. Yep, he left just before you arrived sir," the guard replied, "you missed him by a matter of seconds, I wish I had known it was you coming in, I could have delayed his departure."

'It's true then, all true,' he thought, I wasn't hallucinating, my son, that planet…!' And then it dawned on him, "Then the other part of the dream must be true as well, Vegeta!"

He ran as far as he could, struggling to keep going, then collapsed. "The one who seeks the power will never have it," rang a voice in his head, "but I have given it to you as a gift Bardock, so you could see the horror of your end like we had to!"

He saw more visions of his son, he seemed happy, surrounded by friends, he was the opposite of what a Saiyans should be. 'Where am I?" He thought. "This is the future, this is what you killed my people for isn't it?" rang the voice. 'My son?' he thought. "Yes your son, he's growing up to be a powerful warrior, like his father was." replied the voice. 'Was?' Thought Bardock.

"At this time you are long since dead, you blew up with your planet." Said the voice. "No! Frieza!" He shouted.

"Take heart Bardock, a savior has been born," the voice rang proud, "one with the power to protect the innocent from monsters like Frieza… and you." The voice mocked him with a maniacal laugh.

Bardock lifted himself off the ground, "NO!" he yelled, 'I'm not going crazy, it is the future!' He thought. 'If I'm able to see the future, there might be a chance to save it!'

The other Saiyans merely laughed in reply to his claims. "Bardock gets his tail whipped and suddenly it's the end of the world!" joked one of them.

"Fools! You're all dead!" He shouted in frustration and rage. "He's on his way!" But the laughing and joking continued.

"Fine believe what you wanna believe, but I'm gonna stop him!"

He rocketed off a tall building, intending to do everything in his power to prevent Frieza's wrath, but a part of him was scared, that part knew there was little hope, so he ignored it and flew.

"Come on you cowards!" He shouted as he blasted through Frieza's lackies. They began piling onto him, attempting to hold him back.

"Frieza! Come out and fight me you coward!" He shouted defiantly.

And then he saw the little bastard levitating in mid-air, staring at him with a bemused smirk.

"No way!" he exclaimed angrily. "You've lived long enough!" He shouted, "In fact, it's been too long for my taste!"

"Frieza" He continued, "listen up, we quit, all of us, got it? We don't work for you anymore, you can find somebody else to do your dirty work for you!"

"Oh yeah, there is one last thing," he shouted as he charged one last attack. "This is for all the people we killed in your name, I wish we were never foolish enough to obey you!" And with that he released the final spirit cannon.

But Frieza's attack was bigger; It engulfed Bardock's attack, and Bardock with it. As Bardock plummeted, he found closure, he knew his son would someday finish the job…

…Sometime later he awoke on another planet. 'What?' he thought to himself as he took it all in. It was unfamiliar to him, the grass was greener, and mountains towered menacingly overhead. The trees glowed with a pale blue fluorescence against the night sky.

"WHERE AM I?" He shouted angrily, "WHY AM I NOT DEAD?" Laughter rang familiar in his head, "You see now Bardock?" it questioned, "Do you see what it is like to lose everything?" Bardock broke down, tears of frustration streamed down his face.

"But how?" He asked, to which the voice replied, "Simple enough, when you killed me I transferred my mind to your body," it continued, " little did you know, I have the power to teleport, which is triggered mentally, I used it to spare you life, but it's difficult to pull of in this state, I'm afraid I'll be leaving you now, to visit the afterlife for awhile, but I'll be back…"

"No!" shouted Bardock, "Stay, answer my question! Why have you spared me? You said I would die. The laugh echoed in his mind again, "It's not retribution, I lied because you needed to feel despair, as I felt despair, so that you could become the savior you were destined to become. Look into the future, and see the truth of my words…"

The voice disappeared. Bardock did as he said, he looked forward, and saw himself battling others like Frieza, those who had deserted Frieza in favor of becoming more like him, those who scattered after Frieza's death years from now. He knew what he had to do now, he had a mission, a goal in life.

He looked forward with eagerness.

For the next few months after the showdown with Frieza, Bardock hitched rides throughout the galaxy, working as a mechanic. He sought out planets that had been tainted by Frieza's tyranny, and fought any who stood in his way. Eventually he came to the planet Terran, which was being terrorized by an alien called Lempa, who served under one of Frieza's lieutenants, Chocalla. Chocalla's organization was the last on Bardock's list.

Lempa was a powerful warrior, of a race called the Ragus that was nearly extinct, like the Saiyans. Bardock encountered him in a bar bullying some of the regulars who were minding their own business. "That's one of Frieza's soldiers" Toolo's voice told him, he looked over at Lempa. The alien warrior had orange skin, that was covered in what looked like scar-tissue and his head was covered in what appeared to be lumps, "we should draw him away from here, somewhere there's no people."

'Say something cool' Bardock thought to himself, "Hey you!" He shouted, "Smooth" Toolo's voice said sarcastically. "Like you could do better" he countered, but Lempa had turned to face him nonetheless. "Why don't you and me go somewhere quiet and beat the crap out of each other!" he said when Lempa was facing him. "A Saiyan huh? I thought you guys were all dead," he grinned, "you must be pretty weak if Frieza spared your life, but I suppose you'd give a guy like me a minor challenge anyway, you're on, I haven't had a good throw-down in ages."

They flew out into the wasteland, and touched down. "Alright here goes!" Lempa exclaimed as he hurled a ball of crimson ki at Bardock, which he casually waved aside, "If you wanna beat me, you're gonna have to do better than that!" Bardock exclaimed. Lempa lunged, firing a flurry of blasts, Bardock was gone in a blur, now behind him. "Head's up!" he palm-thrusted, sending Lempa into a canyon nearby, and chased after him. Lempa regained his composure, then began blocking Bardock's flurry of punches and kicks.

The sinister alien began grinning, and focused his eyes on Bardock's chest. He let looses a beam of red energy that exploded on the Saiyan's chest, and sent him flying. Lempa then disappeared and reappeared behind him, and kicked him upward. In the air Bardock managed to pivot and send a beam of energy at his enemy, who was speeding toward him.

Lempa narrowly escaped being hit by flying right, then met Bardock's fist with his face. Bardock wiped blood from his mouth, "You're good, what was your name again? Y'know I don't think I've heard of you before, and I was sure I knew most of Frieza's elites"

Lempa was enraged, "My name is Lempa!" He shouted, "and I'm not an elite, I'm much better than that!" He grinned, "and I think I'd really like to test a new attack I've been developing!" He threw his arms out, and began spinning, generating a tornado of ki, that tossed Bardock backward. "Say hello to the Grand Tempest!" suddenly ki-blasts rained down on the environment, what looked like lightning shot forth from his finger-tips.

Bardock was lucky enough to dodge or deflect most of the ki-blasts, but got hit by a bolt of lightning that paralyzed him. He then took a ki-shot straight to the leg, injuring him. Fortunately the blast didn't take off his leg. Then it was over, Lempa was exhausted. "That's all you got?" Bardock taunted, "Your attack got weaker with every bit of ki you fired at me, you're drained, game over!" he lunged, and Lempa attempted to run, but Bardock had called it, he was too tired. Bardock fist pierced his battle-armor, and he fell, defeated.

"Well that was fun," Bardock spoke cheerfully, "what now?" he asked the voice in his head. "Now we seek out this one's immediate superior, while you were busy fighting, I managed to read his thoughts, his superior is named Chocalla, and he's on a planet called Herron, that Frieza used as a sort of boot camp to train soldiers." Toolo told him. "But he's supposed to arrive here in a few days to meet a soldier called Acramel who has some important data."

"Alright then," said Bardock, "we should wait for him here, although I may have to fight Acramel as well."

"Agreed," said Toolo, "but from what I gather, he may be much more difficult than the last one."

Bardock grinned, "Like that'll persuade me not to fight him!" Bardock exclaimed. Toolo laughed loudly in his head. "Yes I know, you seem to have a death-wish if you ask me!"

"Alright then, let's go find something to eat first, I'm starving damn it!" Bardock exclaimed as he flew off.

When Chocalla did arrive, Bardock found him immediately based on the information Toolo had picked out of Lempa's mind.

They were in the basement of the bar he had first seen Lempa in. Bardock sat down at the bar and ordered the strongest drink on the list, and listened into their conversation via telepathy.

He could see them now in his minds eye as he sipped his drink. Chocalla was enormous, and had midnight blue skin, spikes protruded from his head and down his arms. He wore the customary battle armor albeit with a new logo emblazoned on it. Acramel was similar, but had golden skin and lumps on his head much like Lempa's. In fact they both resembled Lempa in appearance as, though Bardock could tell they were both much stronger.

"Where's that fool Lempa anyway?" Chocalla snapped, "He was supposed to meet me, and brief me on events going on around here!"

Acramel cowered before him, "I'm sorry sir, but folks have been saying thing, there are rumors..." Chocalla's curiosity was piqued. "Rumors? what do you mean?" he asked.

"Well sir, they're saying a Saiyan survived Frieza's attack, and that he's been attacking all of Frieza's old outposts, including the ones we haven't seized yet!"

"As I expected," said Chocalla, and Acramel's fear subsided, "we must deal with this nuisance, I cannot afford to have my leadership crumble before it even begins, but first we have much more urgent business to attend to, have you located the boy?"

Acramel sighed in relief as the subject changed, "Yes sir, we found him in a village near here, he has agreed to join us and is all ready to be shipped to Herron!"

"Good," replied Chocalla, "but I don't think I'll be returning just yet, I'll be sending you and Vinalla in my stead, I'll stay here and deal with the Saiyan myself."

When Chocalla emerged, Bardock was waiting for him. "So you're looking for me right?" he asked after downing the rest of his drink and turning to face his target. "Well I'm right here, but of course we could go elsewhere and hash this out..."

But Chocalla wasn't as patient as Lempa, "To hell if I will!" He shouted as he unleashed a crimson wave of ki, killing several patrons and the bartender. "Enough of that!" Bardock shouted, as he appeared behind the fiend.

"Okay Bardock," rang Toolo's voice, "grab him!" and he did as the voice instructed. After he did so, the two of them were spirited away to the same area he and Lempa had fought.

He then proceeded to kick Chocalla's ass... literally. This sent his opponent into a nearby river, which he bombarded with ki-blasts. Chocalla however appeared behind him and tossed some ki-blasts, which he sensed, and dodged. "Bardock," said Toolo, "that last teleportation drained me, I have to go now, I can't rescue you from death again!" Bardock nodded silently, and tossed another attack at his opponent.

Chocalla hand-waved the attack. "You know..." He said in a voice of recognition, "... You remind me of a story I heard once from a guy named Zarbon, it was about how one insufferable fool stood in vain against Lord Frieza."

Bardock grinned, "Yeah, my name's Bardock, and don't get the wrong impression, you're nowhere near as powerful as Frieza was!" He sent his final spirit cannon at Chocalla, and as it was swept aside he tossed a fist in his face, "Now die!" he shouted as he appeared behind Chocalla, sending his fist through Chocalla's back. He then tossed him to the ground.

"Looks like I was right, you're unfit to wear the mantle of Frieza!"

However as Bardock flew off, Chocalla suddenly appeared ahead of him, and with a downward attack sent him into the ground below. "You do not realize what I am saiyan, I am similar in appearance to the runt you defeated before, but I am more than that, I am a combination of races created long ago, I possess not only Namekian DNA, but Saiyan DNA as well, you have only made me that much stronger!" He proclaimed.

Bardock rushed him, but Chocalla was too fast. He sent Bardock into the side of a cliff. Just then Toolo re-emerged, "I am back my friend, and I sense you're distress, we cannot defeat this one now." He said as Bardock lay beneath a pile of rubble, but Bardock's mind was spinning inside his head as Toolo once again took him from one place, and sent him to another.

However his aim was misguided, and he accidentally sent the Saiyan warrior careening head first into mountain-side, blacking out his memories temporarily.